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| Kathmandu, Tuesday December 31, 2002 Paush 16, 2059. |
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NSC
organises ceremonial rally
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 30 : The
National Sports Council organised a grand rally in the capital on Monday to mark the 32nd
Birthday of Crown Prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
The rally organised for
wishing good health and long life of the Crown Prince began from Dashrath Stadium and
concluded at the same place after going through New Road Gate, Jamal, Royal Palace and
Bhadrakali.
Veteran marathoner
Baikuntha Manandhar lit the Olympic torch to declare the rally start. Minister for
Education and Sports Devi Prasad Ojha, Assistant Minister for Education and Sports
Rabindra Khanal, National Sports Council (NSC) member-secretary Binod Shankar Palikhe and
members of all 42 sports association, NSC staff and players attended the rally.
Boxing
Bir Bahadur Basnet of
Gulmi defeated Rupak Rai of Naxal Youth Alliance (NYA) in the 51kg weight category boxing
of Birthday Cup Boxing Championship on Monday.
Devendra Thakuri of
Tribhuvan Club downed Lok Bahadur Hemjan of Mahottari in 54kg weight category. Krishna
Bahadur Kumal also registered win over Sunil Thapa of Kamalpokhari in the same category.
From 57kg, Parsa’s Birendra Bhattarai and Makwanpur’s Dinesh Shrestha recorded
wins over Tej Bahadur Shrestha and Gyanendra Shakya of Meghdut. In junior’s 48kg
weight category, Bijay Khadka of NYA defeated Kapil Bhattarai of Mahottari while Sridhar
KC and Surya Lama also won their matches to enter the second round. In Monday’s only
match of women’s 48kg weight category, Kumari Bhagirathi Bhatt of Kanchanpur defeated
Tilrupa Lugeli of Jhapa. |
